Definition of "migrant"

migrant

/ˈmaɪɡɹənt/

noun
plural migrants
1. A migratory animal, in particular a migratory bird.
2. Traveller or worker who moves from one region or country to another.
3. (informal) A person who leaves one place in order to permanently settle in another.
  Quotations
  “But once you lose everything— your home, your school, your clinic, your road, your church—then it’s an impossible situation. You become an environmental migrant because you have to find those facilities in some other place.”
  2021 April 22, Aryn Baker, “Environmental Crises Are Forcing Millions Into Cities. Can Countries Turn Climate Migrants Into an Asset?”, in Time‎
4. Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called an emigrant.
adjective
comparative more migrant, superlative most migrant
1. Migratory.